{"id":598552,"date":"2025-11-28T04:51:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T04:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/598552\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T04:51:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T04:51:13","slug":"is-the-government-gaslighting-us-over-tax-rises-politics-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/598552\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the government gaslighting us over tax rises? | Politics News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/electoral-dysfunction\/id1613562765\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \ud83d\udc49 Click here to listen to Electoral Dysfunction on your podcast app \ud83d\udc48<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>With all the speculation, it was always going to be a big one, but Rachel Reeves&#8217;s second budget turned into a political earthquake before she even stood up at the despatch box. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In this bumper budget special, Beth, Ruth, and Harriet unpick what happened on one of the most dramatic days in the fiscal calendar.<\/p>\n<p>With the unprecedented leak of the Office for Budget Responsibility&#8217;s assessment giving the opposition a sneak preview, Kemi Badenoch delivered a fiery attack. Listeners weigh in on their thoughts of her comebacks.<\/p>\n<p>Send us your messages and Christmas-themed questions on WhatsApp at 07934 200 444 or email <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/mailto:electoraldysfunction@sky.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">electoraldysfunction@sky.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And if you didn&#8217;t know, you can also watch Beth, Harriet, and Ruth on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLG8IrydigQffkV94y_hhSFgZC-lgZ5rod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>St. James&#8217;s Place sponsors Electoral Dysfunction on Sky News, learn more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sjp.co.uk\/individuals\/the-autumn-budget-2025-announcement?utm_source=youtube&amp;utm_medium=social_media&amp;utm_campaign=electoral_dysfunction_podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udc49 Click here to listen to Electoral Dysfunction on your podcast app \ud83d\udc48 With all the speculation, it&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":598553,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3937],"tags":[77,382,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-598552","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-tv","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=598552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/598553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}